Elevator-bucket



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8 C. M. THOMAS.

ELEVATOR BUCKET. No. 320,897. I Patented June 23, 1885.

INVENTOR E? am X BY gzzbwmaz ATTORNEY letters of NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES M. THOMAS, OF BUFFALO, NEYV YORK.

ELEVATO R- BUCKET.

QPIQCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,897, dated June 23, 1885.

(No mod 1.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it'known that 1, CHARLES M. THOMAS, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Elevator-Buckets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l is a perspective of a section of belting having two supporting-bands attached, and having one bucket in position for use, the other bucket being removed. Fig. 2 is aperspective of the bucket, and Fig. 3-is a view of a wrench used in locking the bucket in place.

Heretofore the buckets have. been fastened directly to the belt. This is objectionable because requiring the outlay of a considerable amount of time, and weakening the belt and bucket. My method is simply to secure a supportingband, a, to the belt and construct the bucket to fit therein.

Very many means may be devised to lock the bucket in place; but I prefer to provide a threaded rod, b, which being turned in one direction forces the walls of the bucket apart, and so binds the bucket to the band; or, to make it more secure, the end of the rod 6 which projects through the bucket may rest within a recess in the band adapted to receive it. When, therefore, a bucket becomes worn or damaged, it simply becomes necessary to remove it from the supportingba-nd and replace another, the whole outlay of time being but a moment.

It will readily be seen that many modifications may be made without departing from my invention.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a belt, supportingband, bucket, and a means, substantially as described, to lock the bucket in place, for the purpose shown.

2. An elevator-belt having a supportingband, in combination with an elevator-bucket adapted to fit within the supporting-band, and provided with a means, substantially as stated, to lock the same in position, substantially as shown.

3. The combination of a belt, (1, band a, bucket 0, and fastening-rod b, constructed and operating substantially as shown.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a removable elevator-bucket consisting of a supporting-band adapted to be secured to an ele vator-belt and a bucket adapted to rest within and be locked to the band, substantially as shown.

CHARLES M. THOMAS.

\Vitnesses:

R. G. USHER, A. W. KENN. 

